Msg: Re: XPMode Question

It will be the weekend -- at least -- before I get to revisit the location and this issue. As it happens, the Xy in question is Xy-3. (I'm thinking that should not matter much.) As there is a 25 year trove of documents involved, not having regular access to these would not be an option. Ideally, I'd like to make this as streamlined and seamless as possible. If it won't be possible in this particular VM scenario, then off to VMWare we shall go.

   Jordan

From: Jon P
To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxx"
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: XPMode Question

I guess I'm the big XP Mode booster here, and have been using it smoothly for a long time. But all I can say is that I feel your pain. I have never been able to get XP Mode to see anything in the Windows 7 computer. It seems to be walled off by itself.

I also, when I want to send off the finished documents via email, need to export them to Windows 7. I do that by having another XY folder within Windows 7, C:\XY. When I've finished writing in XY4 in XP Mode, this is in my .kbd file under TABLE=CTRL for CTRL-C. It copies the file into the Win7 C:\XY.
46=BXs,a,/,n,v, ,\,\,t,s,c,l,i,e,n,t,\,c,\,x,y,Q2

For my purposes, not having access to files on the Win7 computer from XY is not a problem. XY4 runs in a window and my browser and other programs run in Win7. I can clip text from XY4 outward and text from Win7 into XY4.

If you have files in Win7 that you regularly need available to XY, then for a brute-force, space-wasting workaround, you could simply copy the data folders you need from Win7 into the XP Mode desktop. Transfer in that direction is easy.

Then again, when I tried VPC and could enable sharing, it took forever--minutes, not seconds--to transfer anything in or out of the virtual machine. Sometimes it timed out before succeeding. I don't remember how sharing worked in DOSBox, but it only allowed two open windows in XY4. I haven't tried VMWare; perhaps that is workable.

If any of your XP Mode references does give you a way for XP Mode to view the host computer, please pass it on.

Jon Pareles

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:56:57 -0700
From: J R FOX mailto:jr_fox@xxxxxxxx
Subject: XPMode Question

I set this up on a laptop (64-bit W7U) but did not manage to get Xy able to see or access any data files. I tried everything I could find in Settings for the VM, or for the other component that has to be installed prior to XPMode. (VPC ? That laptop is not at this location, but I get back to where it is about once a week.) Xy cannot see any drives or directories, although I tried to designate some as being Shared.